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World Middleweight Title [New York & New Jersey & Pennsylvania]
Ed Atherton
1893-06-22<
American champion, billed as the world champion in New York, NY (New York Herald, 93-06-22); also defeats other claimants Peter Schumacher on 95-01-25 in Rochester, NY
Holds the Lord Lonsdale belt (Atlantic City Gazette-Review, 17-01-22); also defeats title claimant Joe Turner, holder of the Police Gazette belt, on 17-01-22 in Atlantic City, NJ; again defeats Turner in Atlantic City, NJ on 17-11-06.
Ozar defeats Turner but gives up the title for exceeding the weight limit and awards it to Turner; Turner is still billed as champion in Schenectady, NY as of 19-04-28.
